3D general plotting

NOTE: For technical reasons, all interactive-widgets plots in this documentation are created using Holoviz’s Panel. Often, they will ran just fine with ipywidgets too. However, if a specific example uses the param library, then users will have to modify the params dictionary in order to make it work with ipywidgets. Refer to Interactive module for more information.

spb.functions.plot3d(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Plots a 3D surface plot.

Typical usage examples are in the followings:

  • Plotting a single expression.

    plot3d(expr, range_x, range_y, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with the same ranges.

    plot3d(expr1, expr2, range_x, range_y, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with different ranges.

    plot3d((expr1, range_x1, range_y1), (expr2, range_x2, range_y2), …, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with custom labels and rendering options.

    plot3d((expr1, range_x1, range_y1, label1, rendering_kw1), (expr2, range_x2, range_y2, label2, rendering_kw2), …, **kwargs)

Note: it is important to specify at least the range_x, otherwise the function might create a rotated plot.

Parameters:
args
exprExpr

Expression representing the function of two variables to be plotted. The expression representing the function of two variables to be plotted. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression.

  • Numerical function of two variable, supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

range_x: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the x variable. Default values: min=-10 and max=10.

range_y: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the y variable. Default values: min=-10 and max=10.

labelstr, optional

The label to be shown in the colorbar. If not provided, the string representation of expr will be used.

rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of surfaces. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations.

adaptivebool, optional

The default value is set to False, which uses a uniform sampling strategy with number of discretization points n1 and n2 along the x and y directions, respectively.

Set adaptive to True to use the adaptive algorithm implemented in [1] to create smooth plots. Use adaptive_goal and loss_fn to further customize the output.

adaptive_goalcallable, int, float or None

Controls the “smoothness” of the evaluation. Possible values:

  • None (default): it will use the following goal: lambda l: l.loss() < 0.01

  • number (int or float). The lower the number, the more evaluation points. This number will be used in the following goal: lambda l: l.loss() < number

  • callable: a function requiring one input element, the learner. It must return a float number. Refer to [1] for more information.

backendPlot, optional

A subclass of Plot, which will perform the rendering. Default to MatplotlibBackend.

colorbarboolean, optional

Show/hide the colorbar. Default to True (colorbar is visible). Only works when use_cm=True.

color_funccallable, optional

Define the surface color mapping when use_cm=True. It can either be:

  • A numerical function of 3 variables, x, y, z (the points computed by the internal algorithm) supporting vectorization.

  • A symbolic expression having at most as many free symbols as expr.

  • None: the default value (color mapping applied to the z-value of the surface).

force_real_evalboolean, optional

Default to False, with which the numerical evaluation is attempted over a complex domain, which is slower but produces correct results. Set this to True if performance is of paramount importance, but be aware that it might produce wrong results. It only works with adaptive=False.

is_polarboolean, optional

Default to False. If True, requests a polar discretization. In this case, range_x represents the radius, range_y represents the angle.

labelstr or list/tuple, optional

The label to be shown in the colorbar. If not provided, the string representation of expr will be used. The number of labels must be equal to the number of expressions.

legendbool, optional

Show/hide the legend. Default to None (the backend determines when it is appropriate to show it). Only works when use_cm=False.

loss_fncallable or None

The loss function to be used by the adaptive learner. Possible values:

  • None (default): it will use the default_loss from the adaptive module.

  • callable : Refer to [1] for more information. Specifically, look at adaptive.learner.learnerND to find more loss functions.

n1, n2int, optional

n1 and n2 set the number of discretization points along the x and y ranges, respectively. Default value to 100.

nint or two-elements tuple (n1, n2), optional

If an integer is provided, the x and y ranges are sampled uniformly at n of points. If a tuple is provided, it overrides n1 and n2.

paramsdict

A dictionary mapping symbols to parameters. This keyword argument enables the interactive-widgets plot, which doesn’t support the adaptive algorithm (meaning it will use adaptive=False). Learn more by reading the documentation of the interactive sub-module.

rendering_kwdict or list of dicts, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of surfaces. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations. If a list of dictionaries is provided, the number of dictionaries must be equal to the number of expressions.

showbool, optional

The default value is set to True. Set show to False and the function will not display the plot. The returned instance of the Plot class can then be used to save or display the plot by calling the save() and show() methods respectively.

size(float, float), optional

A tuple in the form (width, height) to specify the size of the overall figure. The default value is set to None, meaning the size will be set by the backend.

titlestr, optional

Title of the plot. It is set to the latex representation of the expression, if the plot has only one expression.

tx, ty, tzcallable, optional

Apply a numerical function to the discretized domain in the x, y and z direction, respectively.

use_cmboolean, optional

If True, apply a color map to the surface. If False, solid colors will be used instead. Default to False.

use_latexboolean, optional

Turn on/off the rendering of latex labels. If the backend doesn’t support latex, it will render the string representations instead.

wireframeboolean, optional

Enable or disable a wireframe over the surface. Depending on the number of wireframe lines (see wf_n1 and wf_n2), activating this option might add a considerable overhead during the plot’s creation. Default to False (disabled).

wf_n1, wf_n2int, optional

Number of wireframe lines along the x and y ranges, respectively. Default to 10. Note that increasing this number might considerably slow down the plot’s creation.

wf_npointint or None, optional

Number of discretization points for the wireframe lines. Default to None, meaning that each wireframe line will have n1 or n2 number of points, depending on the line direction.

wf_rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of wireframe lines.

xlabel, ylabel, zlabelstr, optional

Labels for the x-axis or y-axis or z-axis, respectively.

xlim, ylim(float, float), optional

Denotes the x-axis limits or y-axis limits, (min, max), visible in the chart. Note that the function is still being evaluate over range_x and range_y.

zlim(float, float), optional

Denotes the z-axis limits, (min, max), visible in the chart.

See also

plot3d_parametric_list, plot3d_parametric_surface, plot3d_spherical
plot3d_revolution, plot3d_implicit, plot3d_list, plot_contour

References

Examples

Note: for documentation purposes, the following examples uses Matplotlib. However, Matplotlib’s 3D capabilities are rather limited. Consider running these examples with a different backend (hence, modify the rendering_kw and wf_rendering_kw to pass the correct options to the backend).

>>> from sympy import symbols, cos, sin, pi, exp
>>> from spb import plot3d
>>> x, y = symbols('x y')

(Source code)

Single plot with Matplotlib:

>>> plot3d(cos((x**2 + y**2)), (x, -3, 3), (y, -3, 3))
Plot object containing:
[0]: cartesian surface: cos(x**2 + y**2) for x over (-3.0, 3.0) and y over (-3.0, 3.0)

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

../_images/3d_functions-2.png

Single plot with Plotly, illustrating how to apply:

  • a color map: by default, it will map colors to the z values.

  • wireframe lines to better understand the discretization and curvature.

  • transformation to the discretized ranges in order to convert radians to degrees.

  • custom aspect ratio with Plotly.

from sympy import symbols, sin, cos, pi
from spb import plot3d, PB
import numpy as np
x, y = symbols("x, y")
expr = (cos(x) + sin(x) * sin(y) - sin(x) * cos(y))**2
plot3d(
    expr, (x, 0, pi), (y, 0, 2 * pi), backend=PB, use_cm=True,
    tx=np.rad2deg, ty=np.rad2deg, wireframe=True, wf_n1=20, wf_n2=20,
    xlabel="x [deg]", ylabel="y [deg]",
    aspect=dict(x=1.5, y=1.5, z=0.5))

(Source code, png, pdf, html)

Multiple plots with same range using color maps. By default, colors are mapped to the z values:

>>> plot3d(x*y, -x*y, (x, -5, 5), (y, -5, 5), use_cm=True)
Plot object containing:
[0]: cartesian surface: x*y for x over (-5.0, 5.0) and y over (-5.0, 5.0)
[1]: cartesian surface: -x*y for x over (-5.0, 5.0) and y over (-5.0, 5.0)

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../_images/3d_functions-4.png

Multiple plots with different ranges and solid colors.

>>> f = x**2 + y**2
>>> plot3d((f, (x, -3, 3), (y, -3, 3)),
...     (-f, (x, -5, 5), (y, -5, 5)))
Plot object containing:
[0]: cartesian surface: x**2 + y**2 for x over (-3.0, 3.0) and y over (-3.0, 3.0)
[1]: cartesian surface: -x**2 - y**2 for x over (-5.0, 5.0) and y over (-5.0, 5.0)

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

../_images/3d_functions-5.png

Single plot with a polar discretization, a color function mapping a colormap to the radius. Note that the same result can be achieved with plot3d_revolution.

from sympy import *
from spb import *
import numpy as np
r, theta = symbols("r, theta")
expr = cos(r**2) * exp(-r / 3)
plot3d(expr, (r, 0, 5), (theta, 1.6 * pi, 2 * pi),
    backend=KB, is_polar=True, legend=True, grid=False,
    use_cm=True, color_func=lambda x, y, z: np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2),
    wireframe=True, wf_n1=30, wf_n2=10,
    wf_rendering_kw={"width": 0.005})

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../_images/3d_functions-6.small.png

Plotting a numerical function instead of a symbolic expression:

>>> plot3d(lambda x, y: x * np.exp(-x**2 - y**2),
...     ("x", -3, 3), ("y", -3, 3), use_cm=True)

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../_images/3d_functions-7.png

Interactive-widget plot. Refer to the interactive sub-module documentation to learn more about the params dictionary. This plot illustrates:

  • the use of prange (parametric plotting range).

  • the use of the params dictionary to specify sliders in their basic form: (default, min, max).

from sympy import *
from spb import *
x, y, a, b, d = symbols("x y a b d")
plot3d(
    cos(x**2 + y**2) * exp(-(x**2 + y**2) * d),
    prange(x, -2*a, 2*a), prange(y, -2*b, 2*b),
    params={
        a: (1, 0, 3),
        b: (1, 0, 3),
        d: (0.25, 0, 1),
    },
    backend=PB, use_cm=True, n=100, aspect=dict(x=1.5, y=1.5, z=0.75),
    wireframe=True, wf_n1=15, wf_n2=15, throttled=True, use_latex=False)

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../_images/3d_functions-8.small.png
spb.functions.plot3d_parametric_line(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Plots a 3D parametric line plot.

Typical usage examples are in the followings:

  • Plotting a single expression.

    plot3d_parametric_line(expr_x, expr_y, expr_z, range, **kwargs)

  • Plotting a single expression with a custom label and rendering options.

    plot3d_parametric_line(expr_x, expr_y, expr_z, range, label, rendering_kw, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with the same ranges.

    plot3d_parametric_line((expr_x1, expr_y1, expr_z1), (expr_x2, expr_y2, expr_z2), …, range, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with different ranges.

    plot3d_parametric_line((expr_x1, expr_y1, expr_z1, range1), (expr_x2, expr_y2, expr_z2, range2), …, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with custom labels and rendering options.

    plot3d_parametric_line((expr_x1, expr_y1, expr_z1, range1, label1, rendering_kw1), (expr_x2, expr_y2, expr_z2, range2, label1, rendering_kw2), …, **kwargs)

Parameters:
args
expr_xExpr

The expression representing x component of the parametric function. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression representing the function of one variable to be plotted.

  • Numerical function of one variable, supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

expr_yExpr

The expression representing y component of the parametric function. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression representing the function of one variable to be plotted.

  • Numerical function of one variable, supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

expr_zExpr

The expression representing z component of the parametric function. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression representing the function of one variable to be plotted.

  • Numerical function of one variable, supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

range(symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the parameter variable.

labelstr, optional

An optional string denoting the label of the expression to be visualized on the legend. If not provided, the string representation of the expression will be used.

rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of lines. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations.

adaptivebool, optional

Setting adaptive=True activates the adaptive algorithm implemented in [2] to create smooth plots. Use adaptive_goal and loss_fn to further customize the output.

The default value is False, which uses an uniform sampling strategy, where the number of discretization points is specified by the n keyword argument.

adaptive_goalcallable, int, float or None

Controls the “smoothness” of the evaluation. Possible values:

  • None (default): it will use the following goal: lambda l: l.loss() < 0.01

  • number (int or float). The lower the number, the more evaluation points. This number will be used in the following goal: lambda l: l.loss() < number

  • callable: a function requiring one input element, the learner. It must return a float number. Refer to [2] for more information.

backendPlot, optional

A subclass of Plot, which will perform the rendering. Default to MatplotlibBackend.

colorbarboolean, optional

Show/hide the colorbar. Default to True (colorbar is visible). Only works when use_cm=True.

color_funccallable, optional

Define the line color mapping when use_cm=True. It can either be:

  • A numerical function supporting vectorization. The arity can be:

    • 1 argument: f(t), where t is the parameter.

    • 3 arguments: f(x, y, z) where x, y, z are the coordinates of the points.

    • 4 arguments: f(x, y, z, t).

  • A symbolic expression having at most as many free symbols as expr_x or expr_y or expr_z.

  • None: the default value (color mapping applied to the parameter).

force_real_evalboolean, optional

Default to False, with which the numerical evaluation is attempted over a complex domain, which is slower but produces correct results. Set this to True if performance is of paramount importance, but be aware that it might produce wrong results. It only works with adaptive=False.

is_pointboolean, optional

Default to False, which will render a line connecting all the points. If True, a scatter plot will be generated.

labelstr or list/tuple, optional

The label to be shown in the legend or in the colorbar. If not provided, the string representation of expr will be used. The number of labels must be equal to the number of expressions.

legendbool, optional

Show/hide the legend. Default to None (the backend determines when it is appropriate to show it). Only works when use_cm=False.

loss_fncallable or None

The loss function to be used by the adaptive learner. Possible values:

  • None (default): it will use the default_loss from the adaptive module.

  • callable : Refer to [2] for more information. Specifically, look at adaptive.learner.learner1D to find more loss functions.

nint, optional

Used when the adaptive=False. The function is uniformly sampled at n number of points. Default value to 1000. If the adaptive=True, this parameter will be ignored.

paramsdict

A dictionary mapping symbols to parameters. This keyword argument enables the interactive-widgets plot, which doesn’t support the adaptive algorithm (meaning it will use adaptive=False). Learn more by reading the documentation of the interactive sub-module.

rendering_kwdict or list of dicts, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of lines. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations. If a list of dictionaries is provided, the number of dictionaries must be equal to the number of expressions.

showbool, optional

The default value is set to True. Set show to False and the function will not display the plot. The returned instance of the Plot class can then be used to save or display the plot by calling the save() and show() methods respectively.

size(float, float), optional

A tuple in the form (width, height) to specify the size of the overall figure. The default value is set to None, meaning the size will be set by the backend.

titlestr, optional

Title of the plot. It is set to the latex representation of the expression, if the plot has only one expression.

tx, ty, tz, tpcallable, optional

Apply a numerical function to the x, y, z directions and to the discretized parameter.

use_cmboolean, optional

If True, apply a color map to the parametric lines. If False, solid colors will be used instead. Default to True.

use_latexboolean, optional

Turn on/off the rendering of latex labels. If the backend doesn’t support latex, it will render the string representations instead.

xlabel, ylabel, zlabelstr, optional

Labels for the x-axis, y-axis, z-axis, respectively.

xlim, ylim, zlim(float, float), optional

Denotes the axis limits, (min, max), visible in the chart.

See also

plot3d, plot3d_parametric_surface, plot3d_spherical
plot3d_revolution, plot3d_implicit, plot3d_list

References

Examples

Note: for documentation purposes, the following examples uses Matplotlib. However, Matplotlib’s 3D capabilities are rather limited. Consider running these examples with a different backend (hence, modify rendering_kw to pass the correct options to the backend).

>>> from sympy import symbols, cos, sin, pi, root
>>> from spb import plot3d_parametric_line
>>> t = symbols('t')

(Source code)

Single plot.

>>> plot3d_parametric_line(cos(t), sin(t), t, (t, -5, 5))
Plot object containing:
[0]: 3D parametric cartesian line: (cos(t), sin(t), t) for t over (-5.0, 5.0)

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

../_images/3d_functions-10.png

Customize the appearance by setting a label to the colorbar, changing the colormap and the line width.

>>> plot3d_parametric_line(
...     3 * sin(t) + 2 * sin(3 * t), cos(t) - 2 * cos(3 * t), cos(5 * t),
...     (t, 0, 2 * pi), "t [rad]", {"cmap": "hsv", "lw": 1.5},
...     aspect="equal")
Plot object containing:
[0]: 3D parametric cartesian line: (3*sin(t) + 2*sin(3*t), cos(t) - 2*cos(3*t), cos(5*t)) for t over (0.0, 6.283185307179586)

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

../_images/3d_functions-11.png

Plot multiple parametric 3D lines with different ranges:

>>> a, b, n = 2, 1, 4
>>> p, r, s = symbols("p r s")
>>> xp = a * cos(p) * cos(n * p)
>>> yp = a * sin(p) * cos(n * p)
>>> zp = b * cos(n * p)**2 + pi
>>> xr = root(r, 3) * cos(r)
>>> yr = root(r, 3) * sin(r)
>>> zr = 0
>>> plot3d_parametric_line(
...     (xp, yp, zp, (p, 0, pi if n % 2 == 1 else 2 * pi), "petals"),
...     (xr, yr, zr, (r, 0, 6*pi), "roots"),
...     (-sin(s)/3, 0, s, (s, 0, pi), "stem"), use_cm=False)
Plot object containing:
[0]: 3D parametric cartesian line: (2*cos(p)*cos(4*p), 2*sin(p)*cos(4*p), cos(4*p)**2 + pi) for p over (0.0, 6.283185307179586)
[1]: 3D parametric cartesian line: (r**(1/3)*cos(r), r**(1/3)*sin(r), 0) for r over (0.0, 18.84955592153876)
[2]: 3D parametric cartesian line: (-sin(s)/3, 0, s) for s over (0.0, 3.141592653589793)

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

../_images/3d_functions-12.png

Plotting a numerical function instead of a symbolic expression, using Plotly:

from spb import plot3d_parametric_line, PB
import numpy as np
fx = lambda t: (1 + 0.25 * np.cos(75 * t)) * np.cos(t)
fy = lambda t: (1 + 0.25 * np.cos(75 * t)) * np.sin(t)
fz = lambda t: t + 2 * np.sin(75 * t)
plot3d_parametric_line(fx, fy, fz, ("t", 0, 6 * np.pi),
    {"line": {"colorscale": "bluered"}},
    title="Helical Toroid", backend=PB, adaptive=False, n=1e04)

(Source code, png, pdf, html)

Interactive-widget plot of the parametric line over a tennis ball. Refer to the interactive sub-module documentation to learn more about the params dictionary. This plot illustrates:

  • combining together different plots.

  • the use of prange (parametric plotting range).

  • the use of the params dictionary to specify sliders in their basic form: (default, min, max).

from sympy import *
from spb import *
import k3d
a, b, s, e, t = symbols("a, b, s, e, t")
c = 2 * sqrt(a * b)
r = a + b
params = {
    a: (1.5, 0, 2),
    b: (1, 0, 2),
    s: (0, 0, 2),
    e: (2, 0, 2)
}
sphere = plot3d_revolution(
    (r * cos(t), r * sin(t)), (t, 0, pi),
    params=params, n=50, parallel_axis="x",
    backend=KB,
    show_curve=False, show=False,
    rendering_kw={"color":0x353535})
line = plot3d_parametric_line(
    a * cos(t) + b * cos(3 * t),
    a * sin(t) - b * sin(3 * t),
    c * sin(2 * t), prange(t, s*pi, e*pi),
    {"color_map": k3d.matplotlib_color_maps.Summer}, params=params,
    backend=KB, show=False, use_latex=False)
(line + sphere).show()

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../_images/3d_functions-14.small.png
spb.functions.plot3d_parametric_surface(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Plots a 3D parametric surface plot.

Typical usage examples are in the followings:

  • Plotting a single expression.

    plot3d_parametric_surface(expr_x, expr_y, expr_z, range_u, range_v, label, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with the same ranges.

    plot3d_parametric_surface((expr_x1, expr_y1, expr_z1), (expr_x2, expr_y2, expr_z2), range_u, range_v, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with different ranges.

    plot3d_parametric_surface((expr_x1, expr_y1, expr_z1, range_u1, range_v1), (expr_x2, expr_y2, expr_z2, range_u2, range_v2), **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with different ranges and rendering option.

    plot3d_parametric_surface((expr_x1, expr_y1, expr_z1, range_u1, range_v1, label1, rendering_kw1), (expr_x2, expr_y2, expr_z2, range_u2, range_v2, label2, rendering_kw2), **kwargs)

Note: it is important to specify both the ranges.

Parameters:
args
expr_x: Expr

Expression representing the function along x. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression.

  • Numerical function of two variable, f(u, v), supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

expr_y: Expr

Expression representing the function along y. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression.

  • Numerical function of two variable, f(u, v), supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

expr_z: Expr

Expression representing the function along z. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression.

  • Numerical function of two variable, f(u, v), supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

range_u: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the u variable.

range_v: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the v variable.

labelstr, optional

The label to be shown in the colorbar. If not provided, the string representation of the expression will be used.

rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of surfaces. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations.

backendPlot, optional

A subclass of Plot, which will perform the rendering. Default to MatplotlibBackend.

colorbarboolean, optional

Show/hide the colorbar. Default to True (colorbar is visible). Only works when use_cm=True.

color_funccallable, optional

Define the surface color mapping when use_cm=True. It can either be:

  • A numerical function supporting vectorization. The arity can be:

    • 1 argument: f(u), where u is the first parameter.

    • 2 arguments: f(u, v) where u, v are the parameters.

    • 3 arguments: f(x, y, z) where x, y, z are the coordinates of the points.

    • 5 arguments: f(x, y, z, u, v).

  • A symbolic expression having at most as many free symbols as expr_x or expr_y or expr_z.

  • None: the default value (color mapping applied to the z-value of the surface).

force_real_evalboolean, optional

Default to False, with which the numerical evaluation is attempted over a complex domain, which is slower but produces correct results. Set this to True if performance is of paramount importance, but be aware that it might produce wrong results. It only works with adaptive=False.

labelstr or list/tuple, optional

The label to be shown in the colorbar. If not provided, the string representation will be used. The number of labels must be equal to the number of expressions.

n1, n2int, optional

n1 and n2 set the number of discretization points along the u and v ranges, respectively. Default value to 100.

nint or two-elements tuple (n1, n2), optional

If an integer is provided, the u and v ranges are sampled uniformly at n of points. If a tuple is provided, it overrides n1 and n2.

legendbool, optional

Show/hide the legend. Default to None (the backend determines when it is appropriate to show it). Only works when use_cm=False.

paramsdict

A dictionary mapping symbols to parameters. This keyword argument enables the interactive-widgets plot. Learn more by reading the documentation of the interactive sub-module.

rendering_kwdict or list of dicts, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of surfaces. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations. If a list of dictionaries is provided, the number of dictionaries must be equal to the number of expressions.

showbool, optional

The default value is set to True. Set show to False and the function will not display the plot. The returned instance of the Plot class can then be used to save or display the plot by calling the save() and show() methods respectively.

size(float, float), optional

A tuple in the form (width, height) to specify the size of the overall figure. The default value is set to None, meaning the size will be set by the backend.

titlestr, optional

Title of the plot. It is set to the latex representation of the expression, if the plot has only one expression.

tx, ty, tzcallable, optional

Apply a numerical function to the discretized domain in the x, y and z direction, respectively.

use_cmboolean, optional

If True, apply a color map to the surface. If False, solid colors will be used instead. Default to False.

use_latexboolean, optional

Turn on/off the rendering of latex labels. If the backend doesn’t support latex, it will render the string representations instead.

wireframeboolean, optional

Enable or disable a wireframe over the surface. Depending on the number of wireframe lines (see wf_n1 and wf_n2), activating this option might add a considerable overhead during the plot’s creation. Default to False (disabled).

wf_n1, wf_n2int, optional

Number of wireframe lines along the u and v ranges, respectively. Default to 10. Note that increasing this number might considerably slow down the plot’s creation.

wf_npointint or None, optional

Number of discretization points for the wireframe lines. Default to None, meaning that each wireframe line will have n1 or n2 number of points, depending on the line direction.

wf_rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of wireframe lines.

xlabel, ylabel, zlabelstr, optional

Label for the x-axis or y-axis or z-axis, respectively.

xlim, ylim, zlim(float, float), optional

Denotes the x-axis limits, or y-axis limits, or z-axis limits, respectively, (min, max), visible in the chart.

See also

plot3d, plot3d_parametric_list, plot3d_spherical
plot3d_revolution, plot3d_implicit, plot3d_list

Examples

Note: for documentation purposes, the following examples uses Matplotlib. However, Matplotlib’s 3D capabilities are rather limited. Consider running these examples with a different backend (hence, modify the rendering_kw and wf_rendering_kw to pass the correct options to the backend).

>>> from sympy import symbols, cos, sin, pi, I, sqrt, atan2, re, im
>>> from spb import plot3d_parametric_surface
>>> u, v = symbols('u v')

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Plot a parametric surface:

>>> plot3d_parametric_surface(
...     u * cos(v), u * sin(v), u * cos(4 * v) / 2,
...     (u, 0, pi), (v, 0, 2*pi),
...     use_cm=False, title="Sinusoidal Cone")
Plot object containing:
[0]: parametric cartesian surface: (u*cos(v), u*sin(v), u*cos(4*v)/2) for u over (0.0, 3.141592653589793) and v over (0.0, 6.283185307179586)

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Customize the appearance of the surface by changing the colormap. Apply a color function mapping the v values. Activate the wireframe to better visualize the parameterization.

from sympy import *
from spb import *
import k3d
var("u, v")

x = (1 + v / 2 * cos(u / 2)) * cos(u)
y = (1 + v / 2 * cos(u / 2)) * sin(u)
z = v / 2 * sin(u / 2)
plot3d_parametric_surface(
    x, y, z, (u, 0, 2*pi), (v, -1, 1),
    "v", {"color_map": k3d.colormaps.paraview_color_maps.Hue_L60},
    backend=KB,
    use_cm=True, color_func=lambda u, v: u,
    title="Möbius \, strip",
    wireframe=True, wf_n1=20, wf_rendering_kw={"width": 0.004})

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Riemann surfaces of the real part of the multivalued function z**n, using Plotly:

from sympy import symbols, sqrt, re, im, pi, atan2, sin, cos, I
from spb import plot3d_parametric_surface, PB
r, theta, x, y = symbols("r, theta, x, y", real=True)
mag = lambda z: sqrt(re(z)**2 + im(z)**2)
phase = lambda z, k=0: atan2(im(z), re(z)) + 2 * k * pi
n = 2 # exponent (integer)
z = x + I * y # cartesian
d = {x: r * cos(theta), y: r * sin(theta)} # cartesian to polar
branches = [(mag(z)**(1 / n) * cos(phase(z, i) / n)).subs(d)
    for i in range(n)]
exprs = [(r * cos(theta), r * sin(theta), rb) for rb in branches]
plot3d_parametric_surface(*exprs, (r, 0, 3), (theta, -pi, pi),
    backend=PB, wireframe=True, wf_n2=20, zlabel="f(z)",
    label=["branch %s" % (i + 1) for i in range(len(branches))])

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Plotting a numerical function instead of a symbolic expression.

from spb import *
import numpy as np
fx = lambda u, v: (4 + np.cos(u)) * np.cos(v)
fy = lambda u, v: (4 + np.cos(u)) * np.sin(v)
fz = lambda u, v: np.sin(u)
plot3d_parametric_surface(fx, fy, fz, ("u", 0, 2 * np.pi),
    ("v", 0, 2 * np.pi), zlim=(-2.5, 2.5), title="Torus",
    backend=KB, grid=False)

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Interactive-widget plot. Refer to the interactive sub-module documentation to learn more about the params dictionary. This plot illustrates:

  • the use of prange (parametric plotting range).

  • the use of the params dictionary to specify sliders in their basic form: (default, min, max).

from sympy import *
from spb import *
import k3d
alpha, u, v, up, vp = symbols("alpha u v u_p v_p")
plot3d_parametric_surface((
        exp(u) * cos(v - alpha) / 2 + exp(-u) * cos(v + alpha) / 2,
        exp(u) * sin(v - alpha) / 2 + exp(-u) * sin(v + alpha) / 2,
        cos(alpha) * u + sin(alpha) * v
    ),
    prange(u, -up, up), prange(v, 0, vp * pi),
    backend=KB,
    use_cm=True,
    color_func=lambda u, v: v,
    rendering_kw={"color_map": k3d.colormaps.paraview_color_maps.Hue_L60},
    wireframe=True, wf_n2=15, wf_rendering_kw={"width": 0.005},
    grid=False, n=50, use_latex=False,
    params={
        alpha: (0, 0, pi),
        up: (1, 0, 2),
        vp: (2, 0, 2),
    },
    title="Catenoid \, to \, Right \, Helicoid \, Transformation")

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Interactive-widget plot. Refer to the interactive sub-module documentation to learn more about the params dictionary. Note that the plot’s creation might be slow due to the wireframe lines.

from sympy import *
from spb import *
import param
n, u, v = symbols("n, u, v")
x = v * cos(u)
y = v * sin(u)
z = sin(n * u)
plot3d_parametric_surface(
    (x, y, z, (u, 0, 2*pi), (v, -1, 0)),
    params = {
        n: param.Integer(3, label="n")
    },
    backend=KB,
    use_cm=True,
    title=r"Plücker's \, conoid",
    wireframe=True,
    wf_rendering_kw={"width": 0.004},
    wf_n1=75, wf_n2=6, imodule="panel"
)

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spb.functions.plot3d_spherical(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Plots a radius as a function of the spherical coordinates theta and phi.

Typical usage examples are in the followings:

  • Plotting a single expression.

    plot3d_spherical(r, range_theta, range_phi, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with the same ranges.

    plot3d_parametric_surface(r1, r2, range_theta, range_phi, **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with different ranges.

    plot3d_parametric_surface((r1, range_theta1, range_phi1), (r2, range_theta2, range_phi2), **kwargs)

  • Plotting multiple expressions with different ranges and rendering option.

    plot3d_parametric_surface((r1, range_theta1, range_phi1, label1, rendering_kw1), (r2, range_theta2, range_phi2, label2, rendering_kw2), **kwargs)

Note: it is important to specify both the ranges.

Parameters:
args
r: Expr

Expression representing the radius. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression.

  • Numerical function of two variable, f(theta, phi), supporting vectorization. In this case the following keyword arguments are not supported: params.

theta: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the polar angle, which is limited in [0, pi]. Consider a sphere:

  • theta=0 indicates the north pole.

  • theta=pi/2 indicates the equator.

  • theta=pi indicates the south pole.

range_v: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the azimuthal angle, which is limited in [0, 2*pi].

labelstr, optional

The label to be shown in the colorbar. If not provided, the string representation of the expression will be used.

rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of surfaces. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations.

**kwargs :

Keyword arguments are the same as plot3d_parametric_surface. Refer to its documentation for more information.

See also

plot3d, plot3d_parametric_list, plot3d_parametric_surface
plot3d_revolution, plot3d_implicit, plot3d_list

Examples

Note: for documentation purposes, the following examples uses Matplotlib. However, Matplotlib’s 3D capabilities are rather limited. Consider running these examples with a different backend (hence, modify the rendering_kw and wf_rendering_kw to pass the correct options to the backend).

>>> from sympy import symbols, cos, sin, pi, Ynm, re, lambdify
>>> from spb import plot3d_spherical
>>> theta, phi = symbols('theta phi')

(Source code)

Sphere cap:

>>> plot3d_spherical(1, (theta, 0, 0.7 * pi), (phi, 0, 1.8 * pi))
Plot object containing:
[0]: parametric cartesian surface: (sin(theta)*cos(phi), sin(phi)*sin(theta), cos(theta)) for theta over (0.0, 2.199114857512855) and phi over (0.0, 5.654866776461628)

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Plot real spherical harmonics, highlighting the regions in which the real part is positive and negative, using Plotly:

from sympy import symbols, sin, pi, Ynm, re, lambdify
from spb import plot3d_spherical, PB
theta, phi = symbols('theta phi')
r = re(Ynm(3, 3, theta, phi).expand(func=True).rewrite(sin).expand())
plot3d_spherical(
    abs(r), (theta, 0, pi), (phi, 0, 2 * pi), "radius",
    use_cm=True, n2=200, backend=PB,
    color_func=lambdify([theta, phi], r))

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Multiple surfaces with wireframe lines, using Plotly. Note that activating the wireframe option might add a considerable overhead during the plot’s creation.

from sympy import symbols, sin, pi
from spb import plot3d_spherical, PB
theta, phi = symbols('theta phi')
r1 = 1
r2 = 1.5 + sin(5 * phi) * sin(10 * theta) / 10
plot3d_spherical(r1, r2, (theta, 0, pi / 2), (phi, 0.35 * pi, 2 * pi),
    wireframe=True, wf_n2=25, backend=PB, label=["r1", "r2"])

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Interactive-widget plot of real spherical harmonics, highlighting the regions in which the real part is positive and negative. Note that the plot’s creation and update might be slow and that it must be m < n at all times. Refer to the interactive sub-module documentation to learn more about the params dictionary.

from sympy import *
from spb import *
import param
n, m = symbols("n, m")
phi, theta = symbols("phi, theta", real=True)
r = re(Ynm(n, m, theta, phi).expand(func=True).rewrite(sin).expand())
plot3d_spherical(
    abs(r), (theta, 0, pi), (phi, 0, 2*pi),
    params = {
        n: param.Integer(2, label="n"),
        m: param.Integer(0, label="m"),
    },
    force_real_eval=True,
    use_cm=True, color_func=r,
    backend=KB, imodule="panel")

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spb.functions.plot3d_revolution(curve, range_t, range_phi=None, axis=(0, 0), parallel_axis='z', show_curve=False, curve_kw=None, **kwargs)[source]

Generate a surface of revolution by rotating a curve around an axis of rotation.

Parameters:
curveExpr, list/tuple of 2 or 3 elements

The curve to be revolved, which can be either:

  • a symbolic expression

  • a 2-tuple representing a parametric curve in 2D space

  • a 3-tuple representing a parametric curve in 3D space

range_t(symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the parameter of the curve.

range_phi(symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the azimuthal angle where the curve will be revolved. Default to (phi, 0, 2*pi).

axis(coord1, coord2)

A 2-tuple that specifies the position of the rotation axis. Depending on the value of parallel_axis:

  • "x": the rotation axis intersects the YZ plane at (coord1, coord2).

  • "y": the rotation axis intersects the XZ plane at (coord1, coord2).

  • "z": the rotation axis intersects the XY plane at (coord1, coord2).

Default to (0, 0).

parallel_axisstr

Specify the axis parallel to the axis of rotation. Must be one of the following options: “x”, “y” or “z”. Default to “z”.

show_curvebool

Add the initial curve to the plot. Default to False.

curve_kwdict

A dictionary of options that will be passed to plot3d_parametric_line if show_curve=True in order to customize the appearance of the initial curve. Refer to its documentation for more information.

``**kwargs``

Keyword arguments are the same as plot3d_parametric_surface. Refer to its documentation for more information.

See also

plot3d, plot3d_parametric_list, plot3d_parametric_surface
plot3d_spherical, plot3d_implicit, plot3d_list

Examples

Note: for documentation purposes, the following examples uses Matplotlib. However, Matplotlib’s 3D capabilities are rather limited. Consider running these examples with a different backend (hence, modify the curve_kw, rendering_kw and wf_rendering_kw to pass the correct options to the backend).

>>> from sympy import symbols, cos, sin, pi
>>> from spb import plot3d_revolution
>>> t, phi = symbols('t phi')

(Source code)

Revolve a function around the z axis:

>>> plot3d_revolution(
...     cos(t), (t, 0, pi),
...     # use a color map on the surface to indicate the azimuthal angle
...     use_cm=True, color_func=lambda t, phi: phi,
...     rendering_kw={"alpha": 0.6, "cmap": "twilight"},
...     # indicates the azimuthal angle on the colorbar label
...     label=r"$\phi$ [rad]",
...     show_curve=True,
...     # this dictionary will be passes to plot3d_parametric_line in
...     # order to draw the initial curve
...     curve_kw=dict(rendering_kw={"color": "r", "label": "cos(t)"}),
...     # activate the wireframe to visualize the parameterization
...     wireframe=True, wf_n1=15, wf_n2=15,
...     wf_rendering_kw={"lw": 0.5, "alpha": 0.75})

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Revolve the same function around an axis parallel to the x axis, using Plotly:

from sympy import symbols, cos, sin, pi
from spb import plot3d_revolution, PB
t, phi = symbols('t phi')
plot3d_revolution(
    cos(t), (t, 0, pi), parallel_axis="x", axis=(1, 0),
    backend=PB, use_cm=True, color_func=lambda t, phi: phi,
    rendering_kw={"colorscale": "twilight"},
    label="phi [rad]",
    show_curve=True,
    curve_kw=dict(rendering_kw={"line": {"color": "red", "width": 8},
        "name": "cos(t)"}),
    wireframe=True, wf_n1=15, wf_n2=15,
    wf_rendering_kw={"line_width": 1})

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Revolve a 2D parametric circle around the z axis:

from sympy import *
from spb import *
t = symbols("t")
circle = (3 + cos(t), sin(t))
plot3d_revolution(circle, (t, 0, 2 * pi),
    backend=KB, show_curve=True,
    rendering_kw={"opacity": 0.65},
    curve_kw={"rendering_kw": {"width": 0.05}})

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Revolve a 3D parametric curve around the z axis for a given azimuthal angle, using Plotly:

plot3d_revolution(
    (cos(t), sin(t), t), (t, 0, 2*pi), (phi, 0, pi),
    use_cm=True, color_func=lambda t, phi: t, label="t [rad]",
    show_curve=True, backend=PB, aspect="cube",
    wireframe=True, wf_n1=2, wf_n2=5)

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Interactive-widget plot of a goblet. Refer to the interactive sub-module documentation to learn more about the params dictionary. This plot illustrates:

  • the use of prange (parametric plotting range).

  • the use of the params dictionary to specify sliders in their basic form: (default, min, max).

from sympy import *
from spb import *
t, phi, u, v, w = symbols("t phi u v w")
plot3d_revolution(
    (t, cos(u * t), t**2), prange(t, 0, v), prange(phi, 0, w*pi),
    axis=(1, 0.2),
    params={
        u: (2.5, 0, 6),
        v: (2, 0, 3),
        w: (2, 0, 2)
    }, n=50, backend=KB, force_real_eval=True,
    wireframe=True, wf_n1=15, wf_n2=15,
    wf_rendering_kw={"width": 0.004},
    show_curve=True, curve_kw={"rendering_kw": {"width": 0.025}},
    use_latex=False)

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spb.functions.plot3d_implicit(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Plots an isosurface of a function.

Typical usage examples are in the followings:

  • plot3d_parametric_surface(expr, range_x, range_y, range_z, rendering_kw [optional], **kwargs)

Note that:

  1. it is important to specify the ranges, as they will determine the orientation of the surface.

  2. the number of discretization points is crucial as the algorithm will discretize a volume. A high number of discretization points creates a smoother mesh, at the cost of a much higher memory consumption and slower computation.

  3. To plot f(x, y, z) = c either write expr = f(x, y, z) - c or pass the appropriate keyword to rendering_kw. Read the backends documentation to find out the available options.

  4. Only PlotlyBackend and K3DBackend support 3D implicit plotting.

Parameters:
args
expr: Expr

Implicit expression. It can be a:

  • Symbolic expression.

  • Numerical function of three variable, f(x, y, z), supporting vectorization.

range_x: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the x variable.

range_y: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the y variable.

range_z: (symbol, min, max)

A 3-tuple denoting the range of the z variable.

rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of surfaces. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations.

backendPlot, optional

A subclass of Plot, which will perform the rendering.

n1, n2, n3int, optional

Set the number of discretization points along the x, y and z ranges, respectively. Default value is 60.

nint or three-elements tuple (n1, n2, n3), optional

If an integer is provided, the x, y and z ranges are sampled uniformly at n of points. If a tuple is provided, it overrides n1, n2 and n3.

rendering_kwdict or list of dicts, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of surfaces. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations. If a list of dictionaries is provided, the number of dictionaries must be equal to the number of expressions.

showbool, optional

The default value is set to True. Set show to False and the function will not display the plot. The returned instance of the Plot class can then be used to save or display the plot by calling the save() and show() methods respectively.

size(float, float), optional

A tuple in the form (width, height) to specify the size of the overall figure. The default value is set to None, meaning the size will be set by the backend.

titlestr, optional

Title of the plot. It is set to the latex representation of the expression, if the plot has only one expression.

use_latexboolean, optional

Turn on/off the rendering of latex labels. If the backend doesn’t support latex, it will render the string representations instead.

xlabel, ylabel, zlabelstr, optional

Labels for the x-axis, y-axis or z-axis, respectively.

xlim, ylim, zlim(float, float), optional

Denotes the x-axis limits, y-axis limits or z-axis limits, respectively, (min, max), visible in the chart. Note that the function is still being evaluated over the range_x, range_y and range_z.

See also

plot3d, plot3d_parametric_list, plot3d_parametric_surface
plot3d_spherical, plot3d_revolution, plot3d_list

Examples

from sympy import symbols
from spb import plot3d_implicit, PB, KB
x, y, z = symbols('x, y, z')
plot3d_implicit(
    x**2 + y**3 - z**2, (x, -2, 2), (y, -2, 2), (z, -2, 2), backend=PB)

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plot3d_implicit(
    x**4 + y**4 + z**4 - (x**2 + y**2 + z**2 - 0.3),
    (x, -2, 2), (y, -2, 2), (z, -2, 2), backend=PB)

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Visualize the isocontours from isomin=0 to isomax=2 by providing a rendering_kw dictionary:

plot3d_implicit(
    1/x**2 - 1/y**2 + 1/z**2, (x, -2, 2), (y, -2, 2), (z, -2, 2),
    {
        "isomin": 0, "isomax": 2,
        "colorscale":"aggrnyl", "showscale":True
    },
    backend=PB
)

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spb.functions.plot3d_list(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Plots lists of coordinates (ie, lists of numbers) in 3D space.

Typical usage examples are in the followings:

  • Plotting coordinates of a single function.

    plot3d_list(x, y, **kwargs)

  • Plotting coordinates of multiple functions adding custom labels.

    plot3d_list((x1, y1, label1), (x2, y2, label2), **kwargs)

Parameters:
args
xlist or tuple or 1D NumPy array

x-coordinates

ylist or tuple or 1D NumPy array

y-coordinates

zlist or tuple or 1D NumPy array

z-coordinates

labelstr, optional

The label to be shown in the legend.

rendering_kwdict, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of lines. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations.

backendPlot, optional

A subclass of Plot, which will perform the rendering. Default to MatplotlibBackend.

color_funccallable, optional

A numerical function of 3 variables, x, y, z defining the line color. Default to None. Requires use_cm=True in order to be applied.

is_pointboolean, optional

Default to False, which will render a line connecting all the points. If True, a scatter plot will be generated.

is_filledboolean, optional

Default to True, which will render filled circular markers. It only works if is_point=True. If True, filled circular markers will be rendered. Note that some backend might not support this feature.

labelstr or list/tuple, optional

The label to be shown in the legend. The number of labels must be equal to the number of expressions.

legendbool, optional

Show/hide the legend. Default to None (the backend determines when it is appropriate to show it).

paramsdict

A dictionary mapping symbols to parameters. This keyword argument enables the interactive-widgets plot. Learn more by reading the documentation of the interactive sub-module.

rendering_kwdict or list of dicts, optional

A dictionary of keywords/values which is passed to the backend’s function to customize the appearance of lines. Refer to the plotting library (backend) manual for more informations. If a list of dictionaries is provided, the number of dictionaries must be equal to the number of expressions.

showbool, optional

The default value is set to True. Set show to False and the function will not display the plot. The returned instance of the Plot class can then be used to save or display the plot by calling the save() and show() methods respectively.

size(float, float), optional

A tuple in the form (width, height) to specify the size of the overall figure. The default value is set to None, meaning the size will be set by the backend.

titlestr, optional

Title of the plot. It is set to the latex representation of the expression, if the plot has only one expression.

use_cmboolean, optional

If True, apply a color map to the parametric lines. If False, solid colors will be used instead. Default to True.

use_latexboolean, optional

Turn on/off the rendering of latex labels. If the backend doesn’t support latex, it will render the string representations instead.

xlabel, ylabel, zlabelstr, optional

Label for the x-axis, y-axis, z-axis, respectively.

xlim, ylim, zlim(float, float), optional

Denotes the x-axis limits, y-axis limits or z-axis limits, respectively, (min, max), visible in the chart.

See also

plot3d, plot3d_parametric_list, plot3d_parametric_surface
plot3d_spherical, plot3d_revolution, plot3d_implicit

Examples

>>> from sympy import *
>>> from spb import plot3d_list
>>> import numpy as np

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Plot the coordinates of a single function:

>>> z = np.linspace(0, 6*np.pi, 100)
>>> x = z * np.cos(z)
>>> y = z * np.sin(z)
>>> plot3d_list(x, y, z)
Plot object containing:
[0]: 3D list plot

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Plotting multiple functions with custom rendering keywords:

>>> plot3d_list(
...     (x, y, z, "A"),
...     (x, y, -z, "B", {"linestyle": "--"}))
Plot object containing:
[0]: 3D list plot
[1]: 3D list plot

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Interactive-widget plot of a dot following a path. Refer to the interactive sub-module documentation to learn more about the params dictionary.

from sympy import *
from spb import *
import numpy as np
t = symbols("t")
z = np.linspace(0, 6*np.pi, 100)
x = z * np.cos(z)
y = z * np.sin(z)
p1 = plot3d_list(x, y, z,
    show=False, is_point=False)
p2 = plot3d_list(
    [t * cos(t)], [t * sin(t)], [t],
    params={t: (3*pi, 0, 6*pi)},
    backend=PB, show=False, is_point=True, use_latex=False,
    imodule="panel")
(p2 + p1).show()

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